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Meroplius fasciculatus (Brunetti, 1910)

(Originally described as Sepsis)

Male

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Meroplius fasciculatus. Male alcohol-vouchered specimen.

Deposited at:  Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Yuchen Ang
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Diagnosis

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Diagnostic illustrations for adults

Adapted from:

Duda O (1926). Monographie der Sepsiden. (Dipt.). II. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 40: 1-110.

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Morphoglossary

HeadThoraxAbdomen(Male)Abdomen(Female)

Taxonomy Information

Classification

Sepsidae: Sepsinae: "Lower sepsids": Meroplius

Synonyms

MEROPLIUS FASCICULATA Brunetti 1910 (as Sepsis). Sri Lanka: Ceylon. Holotype ♂, not in The Natural History Museum, London, Uk and presumed in Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, India or destroyed.

plumata de Meijere 1913 (as Sepsis). Irian Jaya: Rivier Kamp New Guinea IslandLectotype ♂, by designation of Ozerov, 1999f: 51, in Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia terdam, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia terdam, Netherlands.

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

Distribution

Australasian: Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Is.).

Oriental: Bangladesh, China (Guangdong) Taiwan, India (Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal), Indonesia (Java Is., Sulawesi Is.), Kalimantan Is., Malaysia (East Malaysia), Nepal, Philippines (Luzon Is., Jolo Is.), Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Palaearctic (Asia): China (Sichuan), Japan (Honshu Is., Kyushu Is., Shikoku Is.).

Source:

Ozerov 2005, World Catalogue of the Family Sepsidae (Insecta: Diptera), Zoologicheskie issledovania 8.

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